Anna Faris links sobriety to depression and self-sabotage in podcast interview
The actor discussed quitting alcohol, premenopausal depression, and nearly leaving acting in 2021
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Anna Faris links sobriety to depression and self-sabotage in podcast interview
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What this story says
- Anna Faris said on 20 August 2026 that she quit drinking to stop self-sabotage and linked alcohol to depression.
- Faris nearly left acting in 2021, citing premenopausal depression and uncertainty about her career.
- She returned to acting after being cast in a Scary Movie film, which she said restored her confidence.
- No left-rated outlet carried the story, though seven outlets across the centre and right did.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 7 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
65/100
Hype
35/100
7 sources · methodology
Anna Faris told the Dear Chelsea podcast on 20 August 2026 that she had stopped drinking alcohol to end a pattern of self-sabotage. She said there was a correlation between drinking and depression for her. Faris also discussed her sobriety journey during the interview, which was recorded in Los Angeles.
Faris revealed she nearly quit acting in 2021. She said she was experiencing premenopausal depression at the time and questioned her future in the industry. She returned to acting after being cast in a Scary Movie film, which she described as a turning point that restored her confidence in her career.
What the coverage left out
No left-rated outlet ran the story. None of the right-rated digests mentioned Faris’s 2021 premenopausal depression or her near-exit from acting. The centre-rated digests from US Magazine and Just Jared also omitted those details.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 20 Aug 2026, 22:16, and will add the sides that appear.
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How each side covered it
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Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
4 rated outlets
- The four centre-rated reports led on Faris’s remarks about sobriety and its connection to depression. E! News and PerthNow carried her full statement that she quit drinking to stop self-sabotage. E! News quoted her line, “Turns out there’s a correlation between drinking and depression,” and noted she called sobriety “one of the many gifts” of quitting alcohol. US Magazine and Just Jared also carried the self-sabotage detail in their digests.
- E! News and PerthNow both reported Faris’s 2021 premenopausal depression and her near-exit from acting. E! News quoted her saying, “I didn’t know what my ambition [was]. I didn’t know where I stood, what opportunity there was.” PerthNow added that she considered retiring due to financial security but returned after being cast in the Scary Movie film. Neither US Magazine nor Just Jared mentioned the 2021 episode.
Right
3 rated outlets
- The three right-rated digests led on Faris’s sobriety and her statement about self-sabotage. Geo News and Page Six both carried her line that she quit drinking to stop self-sabotage. TMZ’s digest also included the self-sabotage detail. None of the three mentioned her 2021 premenopausal depression or her near-exit from acting.
- Geo News framed the story around Faris’s recent “odd behaviour” that had sparked fan concern, though it did not specify what that behaviour was. Page Six and TMZ did not mention the fan concern or the 2021 episode.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Anna Faris links sobriety to depression and self-sabotage in podcast…?
- Of the 7 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 57% are rated centre, 43% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Anna Faris links sobriety to depression and self-sabotage in podcast… left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 7 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Anna Faris links sobriety to depression and self-sabotage in podcast… biased?
- Anna Faris links sobriety to depression and self-sabotage in podcast interview is one event reported by 7 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which outlets covered Anna Faris links sobriety to depression and self-sabotage in podcast…?
- 7 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- Why did Anna Faris say she quit drinking?
- Anna Faris told the Dear Chelsea podcast on 20 August 2026 that she quit drinking to stop self-sabotage. She said there was a correlation between alcohol and depression for her, calling sobriety one of the “many gifts” of quitting. The statement was reported by E! News and carried in digests across the centre and right.
- Did Anna Faris nearly quit acting?
- Yes. Faris said on the Dear Chelsea podcast that she nearly quit acting in 2021 due to premenopausal depression and uncertainty about her career. She returned after being cast in a Scary Movie film, which she said restored her confidence. The detail was reported by E! News and PerthNow but omitted from all right-rated digests.
- Which outlets carried Anna Faris’s remarks about sobriety?
- Seven outlets carried the story: four centre-rated (E! News, PerthNow, US Magazine, Just Jared) and three right-rated (Geo News, Page Six, TMZ). No left-rated outlet ran it. The centre reports included her 2021 premenopausal depression; the right-rated digests did not.
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7 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
4- Anna Faris Shares She Took a "Step Back" From Drinking Alcohol (opens E! News in a new tab)
- Anna Faris nearly quit acting, but why? (opens PerthNow in a new tab)
- Anna Faris Gets Candid About Sobriety, Says She Felt a Correlation Between ‘Drinking and Depression’ (opens US Magazine in a new tab)
US Magazine — is US Magazine biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Anna Faris Reveals She's Sober, Says She Quit Drinking Alcohol to Stop the 'Self-Sabotage' (opens Just Jared in a new tab)
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Right
3- Anna Faris reveals she's sober weeks after sparking concern over behaviour (opens Geo News in a new tab)
- Anna Faris reveals sobriety, took a 'step back' from drinking to stop the 'self-sabotage' (opens Page Six in a new tab)
- Anna Faris Says She Quit Drinking to Stop 'Self-Sabotage' (opens TMZ in a new tab)
Not rated
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
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